Roman Inquisition

Noun

Meaning

an inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants

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it was the Roman Inquisition that put Galileo on trial Source: Internet

17th century traveler and author, John Bargrave, gave an account of his interactions with the Roman Inquisition. Source: Internet

The Pope and the Heretic: The True Story of Giordano Bruno, the Man who Dared to Defy the Roman Inquisition, p. 7. Perennial, New York, 2002. Source: Internet

Luigi Firpo lists these charges made against Bruno by the Roman Inquisition: Luigi Firpo, Il processo di Giordano Bruno, 1993. Source: Internet

Of these, only Bruno was executed, the last by the Roman Inquisition. Source: Internet

Retrieved 2012-08-26 Arguably the most famous case tried by the Roman Inquisition involved Galileo Galilei in 1633. Source: Internet

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